HOW OTHERS SEE US

Lent and Easter bring out the usual rash of news stories about Christianity, and especially about the Catholic Church. If it’s not the promotion of the latest Gnostic gospel or secret about Mary Magdalene, it can be, like this year, the alleged discovery of Jesus’ ossuary or of some other dubious archaeological curiosity. More serious assessments of religious questions are also standard fare. Although the theologically informed often...

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